Community Services Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
756051334
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2023
Forms available
Form 990 2023
Location
Corsicana, TX, USA
Phone
9038722401
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$4,010,163
Expenses
$3,589,388
Assets
$2,300,459
Liabilities
$1,259,471

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CHRISTEN RUDD (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • LAKESHEA BROWN (PRESIDENT (OUTGOING))
  • PAM CORDER (PRESIDENT)
  • REV DAIRY JOHNSON (PRESIDENT (OUTGOING))
  • DANIEL EDWARDS SR (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • DANIEL EDWARDS SR (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $285,944 total reported compensation
  • AMY PEAVY (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): $143,146 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The mission of community services, inc. Is to provide support services that empower and enrich individuals, families and communities directly and through mutual collaborations with community partners leading to self-sufficiency.

What it reported doing in 2023

Community transit service (cts) operates as a component of csi. Cts is a rural public transportation program that provides services for the ellis and navarro county area. Hours of operation are monday through saturday 5:00 a.m. To 7:00 p.m. Excluding holidays. Reservations are taken monday through friday from 8:00 a.m. To 4:00 p.m. The cts program was developed to provide safe and efficient transportation to the general public and to persons with special needs as specified by americans with disabilities act (ada) and as defined by contracts into which cts may enter. The buses have low floors so the first step is more accessible, and they are equipped with a wheelchair lift. The transit operators are trained to assist people with disabilities in boarding and securing their wheelchairs on the bus. By federal law, operators announce major transfer points, intersections, and destination points along each route.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 96% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 85% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 80
  • Transparency & Controls: 75
  • Accountability: 86
  • Sustainability: 42
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 86.4%; rating input score 86
  • Program expense ratio: 96.5%; rating input score 96
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 10.5%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.64; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.55; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 12%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -10.4% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -11.7% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -12.9% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 86.4% of revenue deployed · 96.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $3.5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $286K · 13 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2009 to 2023
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 23/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 20/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 23/100.